diff --git a/cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake b/cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake
index 5384c09c5a..9480fc0fe0 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake
+++ b/cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR arm)
 set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++-11)
 
+set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR} "/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig")
+
 set(CROSS_COMPILE 1)
 set(bnProc_gen_128_DIR    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NATIVE_DIR}) # /../build)
 set(bnProc_gen_avx2_DIR   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NATIVE_DIR}) # /../build)
diff --git a/common/utils/time_meas.h b/common/utils/time_meas.h
index bc37104a60..f7c2810b60 100644
--- a/common/utils/time_meas.h
+++ b/common/utils/time_meas.h
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@
 extern int cpu_meas_enabled;
 extern double cpu_freq_GHz  __attribute__ ((aligned(32)));;
 // structure to store data to compute cpu measurment
-#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__)
+#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
   typedef long long oai_cputime_t;
-#elif defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
-  typedef uint32_t oai_cputime_t;
 #else
   #error "building on unsupported CPU architecture"
 #endif
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64 b/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64
index 16090c87e8..7b145fdc5b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ RUN /bin/sh oaienv && \
     cd ../build-cross/ && \
     # install missing libyaml-cpp-dev for arm64
     apt install -y libyaml-cpp-dev:arm64 && \
-    cmake ../../.. -GNinja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../../../cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake -DNATIVE_DIR=../build && \
+    cmake ../../.. -GNinja \
+      -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../../../cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake -DNATIVE_DIR=../build \
+      -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-Werror" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Werror" && \
     echo "====== Start of log for cross-build executables ======" && \
     # making always passing so we can analyze the all.txt file
     ninja dlsim ulsim ldpctest polartest smallblocktest nr_pbchsim nr_dlschsim nr_ulschsim nr_dlsim nr_ulsim nr_pucchsim nr_prachsim lte-softmodem nr-softmodem nr-cuup oairu lte-uesoftmodem nr-uesoftmodem params_libconfig coding rfsimulator > ../../log/all.txt 2>&1; \
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/LTE_UE_TRANSPORT/dlsch_llr_computation.c b/openair1/PHY/LTE_UE_TRANSPORT/dlsch_llr_computation.c
index c3c3f0d006..094b1ef8d5 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/LTE_UE_TRANSPORT/dlsch_llr_computation.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/LTE_UE_TRANSPORT/dlsch_llr_computation.c
@@ -8010,12 +8010,12 @@ int dlsch_64qam_64qam_llr(LTE_DL_FRAME_PARMS *frame_parms,
                    (int32_t *) rho_256i,
                    len);
 #else // defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
-  qam64_qam64((int32_t *)rxF_256i,
-                   (int32_t *)rxF_i_256i,
-                   (int32_t *)ch_mag_256i,
-                   (int32_t *)ch_mag_i_256i,
-                   (int16_t *)llr16,
-                   (int32_t *) rho_256i,
+  qam64_qam64((short *)rxF_256i,
+                   (short *)rxF_i_256i,
+                   (short *)ch_mag_256i,
+                   (short *)ch_mag_i_256i,
+                   (short *)llr16,
+                   (short *) rho_256i,
                    len);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/TOOLS/oai_dfts_neon.c b/openair1/PHY/TOOLS/oai_dfts_neon.c
index 5b72359179..b920f6aae4 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/TOOLS/oai_dfts_neon.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/TOOLS/oai_dfts_neon.c
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ void dft512(int16_t *x,int16_t *y,unsigned char scale)
 {
 
   simdshort_q15_t xtmp[256],*xtmpp,*x64 = (simdshort_q15_t *)x;
-  simd_q15_t ytmp[128],*tw512_128p=(simd_q15_t*)tw512,*tw512a_128p=(simd_q15_t *)tw512a,*tw512b_128p=(simd_q15_t *)tw512b,*y128=(simd_q15_t *)y,*y128p=(simd_q15_t *)y;
+  simd_q15_t ytmp[128],*tw512a_128p=(simd_q15_t *)tw512a,*tw512b_128p=(simd_q15_t *)tw512b,*y128=(simd_q15_t *)y,*y128p=(simd_q15_t *)y;
   simd_q15_t *ytmpp = &ytmp[0];
   int i;
   simd_q15_t ONE_OVER_SQRT2_Q15_128 = set1_int16(ONE_OVER_SQRT2_Q15);